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bump-started adj. A drinker who requires external encouragement before achieving forward motion. Amarien was bump-started by a friend and proceeded towards the taxi with conviction. bump-stocked adj. You have drunk enough to repeat an action through recoil, with diminishing authority each time. Kendalyn was bump-stocked and reopened the same message whenever her thumb twitched. bumpaged adj. A drinker so far gone that every minor impact is recorded as a distinct bodily event. Jihaan was bumpaged, cataloguing contact with the furniture in chronological order. bumped (/bʌmpd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring a light collision before changing direction. Ela arrived bumped, negotiating the doorway by successive minor collisions. bumpeed adj. The state of being drunk and involuntarily rescheduled for a later departure from the premises. Lochlin was bumpeed, displaced from the taxi and assigned another hour of waiting. bumper barred adj. The drunkenness of one who advances only behind a protective rail of misplaced confidence. Dymond was bumper barred, defending the queue from pedestrians who were not attacking it. bumper bulleted adj. Reduced by drink to a short, blunt projectile with an oddly formal sense of direction. Astor was bumper bulleted and travelled across the lounge in compact, decisive bursts. bumper carred adj. Softened by drink into a person who can collide cheerfully with anything and remain in play. Mancy was bumper carred, ricocheting between tables without apparent injury or progress. bumper cropped (/ˈbʌmpə ˌkɹɒpd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an excess-producing conversational harvest, with every topic yielding more than required. Eloic was bumper cropped, producing a large yield of opinions from one harmless question. bumper jacked adj. Loosened by drink into a person who raises every difficulty from the nearest available point. Chardae was bumper jacked, lifting the minor dispute until it occupied the whole table. bumper musicked adj. Emboldened by drink to provide short, unnecessary musical interludes whenever conversation changes channel. Khadijiah was bumper musicked, supplying fanfare between the starter and the main course. bumper pooled adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning ricocheting between cushions, with no clear route back to bed. Vincentina was bumper pooled by breakfast, rebounding between the sofa and the kettle. bumper stickered adj. Having drunk enough to display a short, fixed opinion on every available surface by morning. Tamarrion was bumper stickered, offering slogans on the toast and the bathroom mirror. bumpered (/ˈbʌmpəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who repeatedly makes contact with others while maintaining an air of purpose. bumperetted adj. Having drunk more than the main evening could absorb, with a smaller protective layer still required for breakfast. Rhetha arrived bumperetted, wearing yesterday's coat as a secondary defence against the day. bumperfished adj. You have drunk enough to drift between breakfast and the sofa like a coastal fish in shallow water. Matthis was bumperfished by ten, circling the kitchen before settling beside the radiator.